Shop Talk

Three new businesses — offering clothing, real estate and health products — have opened, plus good-bye to a San Pablo boutique.

Two long-established businesses are closing, but bibliophiles will rush to the pop-up sale of remaining stock at Turtle Island Book Shop.

One store is downsizing, one is moving, and one is threatened with eviction.

Catch up on all the latest local business news.

The owner of a hair salon that has operated in Berkeley for 30 years and is closing, says the risk and liability of running a small business today is "mind-numbing." Catch up with other openings and closings.

The Elmwood welcomes a new optical store and real estate office while a boutique in the North Shattuck area selling kids' toys and clothes is shutting up shop.

The latest local business news for Berkeley.

Three decades-old businesses closed, or are closing soon; there's a new car shop in town; plus: questions over a longstanding bait-and-tackle store.

Nordic House is closing after operating in the East Bay for 57 years, as is jewelry store Kiss My Ring. Women's clothing boutique Lobelia shuttered in January.